Class: A Graphic Guide

Paperback Published on: 04/08/2022
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Synopsis

What do we mean by social class in the 21st century?

University of Brighton sociologists Laura Harvey and Sarah Leaney and award-winning comics creator Danny Noble present an utterly unique, illustrated journey through the history, sociology and lived experience of class.

What can class tell us about gentrification, precarious work, the role of elites in society, or access to education? How have thinkers explored class in the past, and how does it affect us today? How does class inform activism and change?

Class: A Graphic Guide challenges simplistic and stigmatising ideas about working-class people, discusses colonialist roots of class systems, and looks at how class intersects with race, sexuality, gender, disability and age. From the publishers of the bestselling Queer: A Graphic History, this is a vibrant, enjoyable introduction for students, community workers, activists and anyone who wants to understand how class functions in their own lives.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Icon Books
  • ISBN: 9781785786914
  • Number of pages: 176
  • Dimensions: 11 x 180 x 255 mm
  • Weight: 535g
  • Languages: English

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Class
Interesting, Intelligent and unique look at class
I really enjoyed this, it’s such an interesting and intelligent way of looking at something that we don’t always think of, but affects every part of our li... READ MORE
Tara Keating
Class
Essential
Super helpful introduction to the concept and theories around class, written by sociologists. Essential reading at this time in UK politics, especially if ... READ MORE
Claire Randolph